Finding a Quiz Plugin for WordPress
A client would like me to find a plugin for his WordPress install that will allow him to set up quick cooking quizes. What is available – and secure – now?
Category: WordPress Plugins
What Does It Take to Have Unique Header Images for WordPress Categories?
What Does It Take to Have Unique Header images for WordPress Categories? Background Out of the box, WordPress had programming to attach a unique image to each post. WordPress uses that image on the Category (archive) pages that are lists of posts, along with the excerpt. See example to the …
When Plugin Installation Doesn’t Follow the Normal Patterns
When Plugin Installation Doesn’t Follow the Normal Patterns It’s not like I’m new at this. I’ve installed plugins, modules, extensions and libraries in WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and other systems. But, yesterday evening, I ran into the craziest rig-a-ma-roll of instructions for an install I’ve ever run into with WordPress WooCommerce …
Setting up a Shopping Cart: WooCommerce
Setting up a Shopping Cart: WooCommerce The last few weeks, I have been helping a Website HELP Wednesday client set up WooCommerce. I was surprised to find how many places that process has some unneeded confusions due to bad UI (user interface) design. So, I thought I would install WooComerce …
Web Services Don’t Need your Permission to Change … or Disappear
Web Services Don’t Need your Permission to Change … or Disappear Many years ago, a client in the travel industry had a problem with their little weather app on their website. It just stopped working. The weather app was a WordPress plugin tied to Google Weather. Google discontinued their weather …
Evaluating WordPress Plugins to Manage Header Images
When you want each Post or Page to have a unique banner image …
Is it a Hack, or is it a Bug?
Is it a Hack, or is it a Bug? Recently, this little set of icons has appeared mysteriously on a couple of client sites. The second social media icon goes to a Russian social Media site called vkontakte. The third social media icon also goes to Russian social media. Is …
Plugins, Apps, Extensions, Modules, etc.
Plugins, Apps, Extensions, Modules, etc Are Not Equal Even within a specific category, such as a shopping cart, there are things a particular web technology does, and there are things it doesn’t do. Another way to say it would be that there is the way that particular technology does things, …
Comment Spam: When the Good Guys Can Find Your Site …
When the Good Guys Can Find Your Site … so can the bad guys! And, some of the bad guys will try to load your site with Comment Spam.
How Much Work Does It Take to Make It Easy for your Viewers?
How Much Work Does It Take to Make It Easy for your Viewers? Answer: A lot of work. Here is an example When I was first building this site, I threw up a Recent Posts widget in the right sidebar. It has bugged me ever since. As noted in the …